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Associate Prof., Department of Law, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

10.22059/jplsq.2022.331563.2904

Abstract

To be better distinguished from the other products and enjoyment of the state incentives, the green products need to be standardized and achieve eco-labels. However, as the green products are somehow unknown in the market, their standardization needs the main criteria for recognition of these products to help the standardization organization to correctly approve a product as a green one. Based on a descriptive and legal analytical method, this article tries to find out the necessary criteria for recognition and standardization of the green products. It examines the provided definitions of the green products and then provide four criteria for recognition of which i.e. mitigation of row materials and energy use, reduction in toxic materials in composition of the products, efficient energy intensity and reduction of waste. The article concludes that in spite of the recent developments in legal recognition and protection of the green products in some countries, Iran’s legal system provides no special criteria and mechanisms for legal recognition and eco-labeling of these products. 

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